# Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-35b-a3b-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads overall 54.95 to 41.74.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 70.7 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 51.5% and 65.4%.
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 41.74 | 54.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 41 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 30.1 (Estimated · #79/117)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 51.5% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| Claw-Eval | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 52.6% | 59.0% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| QwenWebBench | 1397 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 35.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 25.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 60.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 42.65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #75/143)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #47/143)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.5% | 57.3% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 51.5% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| LiveCodeBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 29.4% | 42.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 51 (#38/50)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 81.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 58.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 81.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 92.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | 50.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 82.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.3 (Estimated · #89/169)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 64.7% | 73.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| C-Eval | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 86% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 21.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 76.8 (#57/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 90.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 23.103% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.167% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B or Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 70.7 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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